Boxing News magazine 18.8.1978 Download pdf

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THE proposal to reduce
the distance from 15 to 12
rounds was made last
week by matchmakerpromoter
Mickey Duff at
a press conference to announce
the September
fight between Jimmy
Batten and Tony Poole
for Batten's British lightmiddleweight
crown.

A CAPACITY crowd of 1300 saw newly-crowned Commonwealth middleweight
king Ayub Kalule start off the new season with an impressive sixth-round
stoppage of fellow-southpaw Milton Owens at the small Glyngore-Hallen. The
23-year-old black American had been decked twice and was out on his feet when
the referee stopped the slaughter at 2:45 of the round and escorted the battered
visitor back to his corner.

MARACAY, VENEZUELA
— August 13: Venezuelan
c h a l l e n g e r Betulio Gonzalez
won the WBA
flyweight title in a bitter
fight when he outpointed
Mexican champion Guty
Espada in this town 100km
from Caracas.

ENGLAND light-heavy Vince Smith, from Birmingham's
Kyrle Hall Club, was the unluckiest British loser of the
tournament. Vince, having reached the final was beaten to
the gold medal by a butt from Canada's Roger Fortin, the
contest being stopped midway through the first round.